Sun Tzu

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Sun Tzu

Chinese mathematician

Also known as: Sun Zi

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Number theory in the East
…the calendar, the Chinese mathematician Sun Zi (Sun Tzu; flourished c. 250 ce) tackled multiple Diophantine equations. As one example, he asked for a whole number that when divided by 3 leaves a remainder of 2, when divided by 5 leaves a remainder of 3, and when divided by 7…
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…the calendar, the Chinese mathematician Sun Zi (Sun Tzu; flourished c. 250 ce) tackled multiple Diophantine equations. As one example, he asked for a whole number that when divided by 3 leaves a remainder of 2, when divided by 5 leaves a remainder of 3, and when divided by 7…
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